The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-06-30
TURKISH BATHS AND BEAUTY.
The Art Of Dancing All Night and G.
ing Home Fresh in the Morning.

1uo fArC OIL DAnClnE AL E>1Shb ahN oo'
Ing Home Fresh in the Morning.
Ladies' in New York are getting more
and more into the way of resorting to the
Turkish bath as means Of restoring
color to the cheeks and brightness to the
eyes after night of dissipation. I know
O girl whose complexion is of the clearest,
but who has left the ballroom many
time as early as o'clock, so fearful is
she Of injuring her greatest charm. She
heard of the Turkish bath, and therefore
risked dancing until and after the other
morning. From the ballroom she went
directly to the bathing establishment,
feeling as if the entire world saw her in
famed eyes and sunken cheeks. From
the office she was conducted to n box of d
room about as large as q section in O
sleeping car. When my friend had re-
moved her garments she was led into IN
iron walled room, where the mir was so
hot that the perspiration started at once
from every pore. She was told to sit
down-there were several chairs for the
purpose-and to wait until called for:
The heat was surprisingly great, but after
moment it produced that 1anguid feel
ing that is perfectly delicious to tired
body. The attendant returned shortly
and bound a wet towel about the new
customers head. 1t began to steam
almost Immediately. Five minutes Of
this and it became uncomfortable, ten o
torture, fifteen frightful and the last five
Of the twenty minutes were simply i'm
measurable suffering. Then strong,
motherly looking woman came in. She
had on loose gown that had no sleeves
and fell only to the knees:
ssHow long must I stay here9" ex-
claimed the suffering customer.
The attendant ran her hand along the
dear girls back and limbs, and said
ssYou seem to have sweated pretty
well; T guess you can come along now"
They went into room adjoining. It
was nearly as hot as the first. There was
table in it on which the parboiled girl
was requested to lie down. Then the stall
wart attendant went at her in q hammer
and tongs style. She rubbed and scrubbed
and lathered her for several minutes, and
scraped her with brush, and kneaded
her flesh until it seemed as if her very
bones must have felt the cleansing effect
of the operation. The attendant was
putting and blowing from the eXertion
when she told the customer to sit up, and
went to hose that lay innocently coiled
up at one end of the room. Without more
than ''sit still now, please" she began
to play n cooling stream of water on the
lathered and glowing girl. The word
cooling is used advisedly, for as it played
it rapidly grew chilly, and presently the
dear girl was spluttering a helpless plea
for q change. The contrast with the in
tense heat she had endured was trench
dous. The attendant dropped the hose
when she thought best, but before the
poor innocent customer could rejoice ut
the relief she was being pounded with the
icy cold blows of shower bath. 1t was
agony itself, and 1t seemed as If every inch
of her glistening cuticle were being over
laid with prickng icicles. But this, too,
had its end, and the novice was all but
crying with weariness and torture when
the attendant led her into another room
and began to dry her. When the water
had been entirely removed from her body,
she was wrapped in blanket and taken
to her room.
elbow long will you sleepr asked the
attendant.
"Why, don't want to sleep at all, !" re-
piled the customer. II want to so home. I"
But she was told she would have to lie
there while any way, and thatshe would
surely fall asleep, so she would better say
when she wanted to get up She named
her hour and was tucked up in her bunk,
She was still perspiring, and in two
minutes was sound asleep. She was
awakened promptly, and her eyes feeling
heavy and her body weary, was told to
get into tank of water sunk in the floor
of still another room, into which she had
been led. The water was chilly and she
was glad to get out of it hastily. It was
the last torture. She was rubbed with
alcohol to prevent her from taking cold
and then permitted to dress. When the
dear girl got home it was just her time
for breakfast. She slipped into the house
unobserved and promptly appeared in the
dining room, feeling as bright and vigor-
GUS as If she had had full nights sleep,
and betraying not the slightest sign of her
dissipation.-Cincinnati Enquirer.